Combination tool



Aug 11, 1925.

1,549,354 s. w. FINCH I CHBINATION TOOL! Filed July 1 1924 b g L!) *n 1v1/umida: SrJ/z/ey .mf'fzc Patented ug. ll, i925.

STANLEY W. FINCH,\OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT O'F CGLUMBIAL COMBINATION TOOL.

Application filed July 18, 1924.

To all lwhom t Wzag/ concern.'

n lle it known that l, STANLEY lV. FINCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at lllashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful lmprovenients in Combination Tools, of which the following is a speciiication.

T his invention pertains to a combination tool, and more particularly, that type or" tool employed for opening up petcoclrs on Ford automobiles.

As will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the petcocks attached to the sump of the Ford car are located at a point where they are relatively inaccessible, and it has been the common practice to provide a tool for manipulating` the petcocks. This invention pertains to a tool of that type and has for its main object the production ot a. simple structure through the use of which the petcocl may be readily engaged and turned on and oit, and in addition to this, it has the added 'fea-ture ot' providing' means whereby the opening through the petcock, when it is open, may be readily cleared out in case it should become stopped up.

The structure is shown in the annexed drawings, wherein,-

Fig. l is a perspective View of the tool;

Fi 2 a side View thereof with the handle portion broken away;

'Fig'. 3 a similar view as seen at right angles to that disclosed in Fig. 2, and

Figs. 4t and 5 perspective views respectively ot certain modified forms of the structure.

rlhe tool is produced from a single piece et wire bent to form.

lflefei'ring first to Figs. l to 3, which disclose the prei-'erred embodiment ot' my invention, the tool may be said to comprise a body l having a loop or handle 2 at one end while at its Opposite end it is provided with a pair of jaws and a cleaning finger. 'llo produce the jaws and linger, the wire is initially bent back upon itselt` and then formed into a hook-shaped member, thus producing two eyes or loops 3 and 4 connected together by the bent section 5. Said eyes or loops stand in spaced relation to each other and form a recess denoted in ilipg. 2 by (l, Yt'or the reception oit the linger piece o't the valve element. ot the petcock. Owing' to the connection oi" the loop by the member 5, a certain amount oit' resiliency is present therein and there is thus produced two parallel jaws (the loops) which may be readily Serial No. 726,780.

forced into engagement with the linger piece of the petcoelr, and which will, owing` to the resiliency of the structure, grasp and Inaintain their position upon such element.

rlhe wire extends outwardly from the loop l and to the rear thereof, as at i', and is then bent outwardly at right angles to form an outwardly projecting,` finger 8, which Alinger may be utilized after the petcocli is turned on, to clear out the petcock and the opening' in which it is mounted. This clearin;r linger 8 will be located at a point sufficiently distant from the loops or jaws 3 and 4l that when said jaws are in engagement with the handle of the petcock, the tool may be turned to open the petcoclr without 'fear of the linger 8 contacting the outer wall ot the sump, which, as will be readily appreciated by those familiar with the Ford car, is inclined, and by reason of such inclination would prevent the proper turning` ot the tool if the linger were located to-o close to the loops or jaws.

lWhile l prefer the embodiment above described, it will be readily appreciated that the structure may be somewhat modified and two such modifications are shown in Figs. el and 5. v

In Fig. 4, instead of forming the jaws in the form of loops or eyes, the wire is first bent baci; upon i'tseltl and then the extreme forward bent portion is turned at right angles to the body l, forming a pair ol jaws 9 and l0, the wire ot the upper jaw extending' rearwardly as at 7a in substantial alineinent with the body l and then being turned outwardly to produce a clearing linger 8".

in F 5, the initial bend is 'formed at a point more ren'iote 'from the connecting lnen'iber 5, after which the second bend is formed, the structure being;` substantially the saine under this arrangement as that shown in Figs. l to 3, with the exception that instead oi` being formed upon a curve, the end is bent substantially at right angles at two dilferent points. Two jaws l1 and 12 are thus produced. As in the other structures., the clean-out linger is provided, and in this instance is denoted by 8l.

it will he appreciated that the structure is at once light and .simple may be readily formed, and is easy oi manipulation both in placement with reference to the petcock for thc purpose ot opening" the same, and tor positioning` the linger S, (8n or 8b) when it is desired to clean out the petcock.

'iion beni; into the ehepe of a hook, thereproducing two loop-Shaped nien'ibers lynn; in spaced relaien to each either.

c .As a" nenv article of manufacture, :i or the purpose described formed from le piece of-ivire bent to orin, the e beingbent Vbacl upon itself and then ed into a hook, thereby producing tiro AW:cp-Shaped members in spaced relation to each other, the 'free end of the Wire extending' from one of the loop-shaped members lo produce a clearing' linger.V

il. le a new article of manufacture, a lool for the purpose described formed fror a Single piece of Wire, said Wire being bent lo produce a pair of spaced jaws with a Wire extending rearwardly from one of said awe and then outwardly at rightangles to forni a clearing linger.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a tool for the purpose described formed from a single piece of "wire, said Wire at one end being` fashioned inl'o a handle and :it ire oppoeire end being doubled upon itseli, ilio exl'rene outer portion of the double clzion l'ieing; bent into (lie ehape of a hook thereby producing a pair of loops lying' in spaced rela'ion to each other, the Wire from ene oi" seid loops being extended rearwardly therefrom and Then outwardly at righiv to he axis of the tool., thereby producing' a linger.

6. tool for the purpose described formed from a single piece or' wire bepc to forni, and having at one end engaging jaws Consisting' of substantially parallel sections of said single piece of Wire, the end or' one of said eeclions extending rearwardly and 'then outwardly at substantially a r lit ingle to forno a clearing finger.

--n testimony whereof I have signed my name .to this specification.

STANLEY W. FINCH.

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